Leicester City remain confident of winning the £20 million race for Celtic striker Odsonne Edouard while Hamza Choudhury, Christian Fuchs and Wes Morgan are expected to leave, as reported by The Telegraph.
With Kelechi Iheanacho in the form of his life right now – scoring nine goals in his past eight Premier League games – you may have assumed a summer bid for Edouard would have been placed on the back burner.
Not so, it seems.
The Telegraph reports Leicester still believe they will win the race for a skilful centre-forward who has been linked to pretty much every club in the Premier League during the past two years.
With little more than 12 months left on his contract, Edouard is available for a cut-price fee of £20 million. And, despite Celtic’s miserable 2020/21 campaign, the France U21 international has continued to find the net at a prolific rate, scoring his 21st goal of the season in yesterday’s 4-1 loss at Rangers.
The report adds that, as Edouard arrives, a host of long-serving players will bid an emotional farewell to the King Power Stadium.
Morgan and Fuchs, veterans of that 2016 title triumph, will be free agents in July with fresh terms unlikely. Academy graduate Choudhury has been placed on the transfer list too, having fallen behind Wilfred Ndidi and Nampalys Mendy in the pecking order.
Cengiz Under will also return to Roma following an underwhelming loan spell at Leicester. The Turkey international hasn’t started a Premier League game since December and has done little to suggest he’s worth the £18 million option-to-buy clause in his contract.
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